diff --git a/jedi/api/interpreter.py b/jedi/api/interpreter.py
index 202f345e..365f88e9 100644
--- a/jedi/api/interpreter.py
+++ b/jedi/api/interpreter.py
@@ -5,9 +5,16 @@ TODO Some parts of this module are still not well documented.
 from jedi.evaluate.context import ModuleContext
 from jedi.evaluate import compiled
 from jedi.evaluate.compiled import mixed
+from jedi.evaluate.compiled.access import create_access_path
 from jedi.evaluate.base_context import Context
 
 
+def _create(evaluator, obj):
+    return compiled.create_from_access_path(
+        evaluator, create_access_path(evaluator, obj)
+    )
+
+
 class NamespaceObject(object):
     def __init__(self, dct):
         self.__dict__ = dct
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ class MixedModuleContext(Context):
             yield filter
 
         for namespace_obj in self._namespace_objects:
-            compiled_object = compiled.create(self.evaluator, namespace_obj)
+            compiled_object = _create(self.evaluator, namespace_obj)
             mixed_object = mixed.MixedObject(
                 self.evaluator,
                 parent_context=self,
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py
index d3ac7c70..8114a919 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/__init__.py
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@ def create_simple_object(evaluator, obj):
     versions.
     """
     assert isinstance(obj, (int, float, str, bytes, slice, complex, type(Ellipsis)))
-    return create(evaluator, obj)
-
-
-def create(evaluator, obj):
     return create_from_access_path(
-        evaluator, access.create_access_path(evaluator, obj)
+        evaluator,
+        evaluator.compiled_subprocess.create_simple_object(obj)
     )
 
 
diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/functions.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/functions.py
index cbf39d5d..d5602436 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/functions.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/functions.py
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ def get_compiled_method_return(evaluator, id, attribute, *args, **kwargs):
 
 def get_special_object(evaluator, identifier):
     return access.get_special_object(evaluator, identifier)
+
+
+def create_simple_object(evaluator, obj):
+    return access.create_access_path(evaluator, obj)
diff --git a/test/test_evaluate/test_compiled.py b/test/test_evaluate/test_compiled.py
index 0553f8a2..bf120ac3 100644
--- a/test/test_evaluate/test_compiled.py
+++ b/test/test_evaluate/test_compiled.py
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ from jedi.evaluate.context.function import FunctionContext
 from jedi.evaluate import Evaluator
 from jedi.evaluate.project import Project
 from jedi.parser_utils import clean_scope_docstring
+from jedi.api import interpreter
 from jedi import Script
 
 
 def test_simple(evaluator):
-    obj = compiled.create(evaluator, '_str_')
+    obj = compiled.create_simple_object(evaluator, '_str_')
     upper, = obj.py__getattribute__('upper')
     objs = list(upper.execute_evaluated())
     assert len(objs) == 1
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ def test_fake_loading(evaluator):
 
 
 def test_fake_docstr(evaluator):
-    next_ = compiled.create(evaluator, next)
+    next_ = interpreter._create(evaluator, next)
     assert next_.py__doc__()
     assert next_.tree_node is not None
     assert next_.py__doc__() == next.__doc__
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ def test_doc(evaluator):
     Even CompiledObject docs always return empty docstrings - not None, that's
     just a Jedi API definition.
     """
-    obj = compiled.create(evaluator, ''.__getnewargs__)
+    obj = interpreter._create(evaluator, ''.__getnewargs__)
     assert obj.py__doc__() == ''